Tag: William Ellery Channing
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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
William Ellery Channing
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
William Ellery Channing
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
William Ellery Channing
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Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
William Ellery Channing
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He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
William Ellery Channing
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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
William Ellery Channing
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Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind.
William Ellery Channing
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Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
William Ellery Channing
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind’s dignity.
William Ellery Channing
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Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.
William Ellery Channing